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This is a list of Brazilian writers, those born in Brazil or who have established citizenship or residency.

This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Writers for Children

• Ana Maria Machado (born 1941)
• Francisco Marins (born 1922)
• Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005)
• Júlio César de Mello e Souza (1895–1974), best known as Malba Tahan
• Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
• José Bento Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948)
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
• Daniel Munduruku (born 1964)

Chroniclers

• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)
• Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
• João do Rio (1881–1921)
• João Ubaldo Ribeiro (born 1941)
• José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982)
• Luís Fernando Veríssimo (born 1936)
• Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991)
• Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
• Rubem Braga (1913–1990)

Short Story Writers

• Aníbal Machado
• Alcântara Machado (1901–1935)
• Dalton Trevisan (born 1925)
• João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916)
• Márcia Denser (born 1949)
• Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)
• Osman Lins (1924–1978)
• Regina Rheda (born 1957)
• Sonia Coutinho (1939–2013)

Non-Fiction Writers

• Flavio Alves (born 1969) memoirist
• Rubem Alves (born 1933) theologian
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945) poet, musicologist
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954) poet, essayist
• Nelson de Araújo (1926–1993) historian, folklorist
• Gustavo Barroso (1888–1959) politician
• Roger Bastide (1898–1974) sociologist
• Leonardo Boff (born 1938) theologian
• Josué de Castro (1908–1973) sociologist
• Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952) mathematician
• Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917) physician, epidemiologist
• Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909) sociologist
• Luís da Câmara Cascudo (Câmara Cascudo) (1898–1986) folclorist
• Alessandra Silvestri-Levy (born 1972)
• Antônio Houaiss (1915–1999) dicionarist
• Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (1910–1989)
• José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1819–1880) historian
• Caio Prado Júnior (1907–1990) historian
• Celso Furtado (1920–2004) economist
• Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997) anthropologist
• Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995) historian, sociologist
• Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987) sociologist
• Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910) memoirist, diplomat
• José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991) philosopher, sociologist
• José Lino Grünewald (1931–2000) poet, translator
• José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742–1811) botanist
• Julio Ximenes Senior (1901–1975) physician
• Miguel Reale (1910–2006) law theorist
• Paulo Alfeu Junqueira Duarte (1899–1984) archaeologist
• Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator, political theorist
• Plínio Salgado (1901–1975) politician
• Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003) sociologist
• Rinaldo de Lamare (1910–2002) physician
• Roberto da Matta (born 1936) anthropologist
• Ruy Barbosa (1849–1923) political theorist
• Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (1902–1982) historian
• Tristão de Athayde (Alceu Amoroso Lima) (1893–1983) journalist
• Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899) historian

Playwrights

• Ariano Suassuna (born 1927)
• Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
• Augusto Boal (1931–2009)
• Dias Gomes (1923–1999)
• Edla Van Steen (born 1936)
• Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
• Leilah Assumpção (born 1943)
• Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (1845–1898)
• Luiz Duarte (born 1956)
• Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1777–1838)
• Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
• Luís Carlos Martins Pena (1815–1848)
• Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
• Qorpo Santo (Joaquim de Campos Leão) (1829–1883)
• Vianinha (1936–1974)

Journalists

• Alberto Dines (1932)
• Tristão de Athayde (1893–1983)
• Carlos Heitor Cony (born 1926)
• Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977) journalist
• Elio Gaspari (1944)
• Elsie Lessa (1912–2000)
• Gilberto Dimenstein (1956)
• Ivan Lessa (born 1935)
• José do Patrocínio
• Mino Carta (1933–1934)
• Paulo Francis (1930–1967)
• Quintino Bocaiúva
• Samuel Wainer (1912–1980)
• Sergio Buarque de Hollanda (1902–1982)
• Sebastião Nery
• Zuenir Ventura

Poets

• Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980)
• Adélia Prado (born 1935) poet, chronicler
• Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (born 1937)
• Alberto de Oliveira (1859–1937)
• Alphonsus de Guimaraens (1870–1921)
• Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1792)
• Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852)
• Américo Elísio (José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva) (1763–1838)
• Ana Cristina César (1952–1983)
• António Pereira de Sousa Caldas (1762–1814)
• Arnaldo Antunes (born 1960)
• Augusto de Campos (born 1931)
• Augusto de Lima (1859–1934)
• Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914)
• Bruno Tolentino (1940–2007)
• Basílio da Gama (1741–1795)
• Domingos Caldas Barbosa (1740–1800)
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)
• Carpinejar (born 1972)
• Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860)
• Cassiano Ricardo (1895–1974)
• Castro Alves (1847–1862)
• Cecília Meireles (1901–1964)
• Cláudio Manuel da Costa (1729–1789)
• Colombina (1882–1963)
• Cora Coralina (1889–1985)
• Cruz e Souza (1861–1898)
• Dante Milano (1899–1991)
• Décio Pignatari (born 1927)
• Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1958)
• Ferreira Gullar (born 1930)
• Frederico Barbosa
• Gilberto Mendonça Teles (born 1931)
• Gonçalves Crespo (1846–1883) Portuguese poet
• Domingos Gonçalves de Magalhães (1811–1822)
• Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864)
• Gregório de Matos Guerra (1636–1695)
• Gustavo Dourado (born 1960)
• Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003)
• Helena Parente Cunha (born 1929)
• Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985)
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004)
• João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)
• Jorge de Lima (1895–1953)
• Luis Alexandre Ribeiro Branco (born 1974)
• Katya Chamma (born 1961)
• Manoel de Barros (born 1916)
• Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)
• Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1777–1838)
• Marcia Theophilo (born 1941)
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
• Mario Quintana (1906–1994)
• Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988)
• Miriam Alves (born 1952)
• Murilo Mendes (1901–1975)
• Olavo Bilac (1865–1918)
• Osório Duque-Estrada (1870–1927)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Paulo Leminski
• Raul Bopp (1898–1984)
• Ronald de Carvalho (1893–1935)
• Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784)
• Silva Alvarenga (1749–1814)
• Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819)
• Torquato Neto (1944–1972)
• Vinícius de Moraes (1913–1980)
• Waly Salomão

Novelists

• Ragnar Jaðimbalgsøn (born 1989)
• A. C. Frieden (born 1966)
• Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897)
• Adonias Filho (1915–1990)
• Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913)
• Ana Miranda (born 1951)
• André de Leones (born 1980)
• Antônio Callado (1917–1997)
• Ariano Suassuna
• Autran Dourado (born 1926)
• Bernardo Carvalho (born 1960)
• Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) (1825–1884)
• Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–1996) novelist, short stories
• Chico Buarque (born 1944)
• Clarice Lispector (1925–1977)
• Cristovam Buarque
• Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952)
• Cyro dos Anjos (1906–1994)
• Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
• Fernando Sabino
• Fernando Gabeira (1943)
• José Pereira da Graça Aranha (1868–1931)
• Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953)
• João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967)
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004)
• Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996)
• João Almino (born 1950)
• João Gilberto Noll (born 1946)
• João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941)
• Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882)
• Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
• José Américo de Almeida (1887–1980)
• José Cândido Carvalho (1914–1989)
• José de Alencar (1829–1877)
• José Lins do Rego (1901–1957)
• José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920–1984)
• Lima Barreto (1881–1922)
• Lourenço Mutarelli (born 1964)
• Lúcio Cardoso (1913–1968)
• Luisa Geisler (born 1991)
• Lya Luft (born 1938)
• Lygia Fagundes Telles (born 1923)
• Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
• Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)
• Márcio Souza (born 1946) novelist
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
• Moacyr Scliar (born 1937)
• Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
• Paulo Lins
• Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975) novelist, journalist
• Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
• Regina Rheda (born 1957)
• Roberto Drummond (1933–2002)
• Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
• Sérsi Bardari (born 1954)
• Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899)
• Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza) (1812–1861)
• Urda Alice Klueger
• Pedro Nava (1903–1984) novelist
• Mário Palmério (1916–1996) novelist
• Nélida Piñon (born 1937) novelist
• Raul Pompéia (1863–1895) novelist
• Godofredo Rangel (1884–1951) novelist
• Marcos Rey (1925–1999) novelist
• José Rezende Filho (1929–1977) novelist
• Júlio Ribeiro (1845–1890) novelist
• Sérgio Sant'Anna (born 1941) novelist
• José Sarney novelist
• Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) - novelist, poet

Literary Critics

• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Alfredo Bosi (born 1936)
• Antonio Candido (born 1965)
• Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)
• Afrânio Coutinho (1911–2000)
• Araripe Júnior (1848–1911)
• Benedito Nunes (1929–2011) critic
• Wilson Martins (1921–2010)
• Tobias Barreto de Meneses (1839–1889)
• José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991)
• Augusto Meyer (1902–1970)
• Fernandes Pinheiro (1826–1878)
• Sílvio Romero (1851–1914)
• Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva (1839–1881) politician, critic
• José Veríssimo (1857–1916)

Other writers

• Marcelo Cassaro (1970) rpg creator, comics writer
• Millôr Fernandes (born 1924) humourist
• Zélia Gattai (1916–2008) memoirist, children literature
• Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (Helena Morley) memoirist
• Ricardo Semler business
• Gabriel Soares de Souza naturalist
• Mateus Soares de Azevedo historian
• Malba Tahan (1895–1974) pen name for Júlio César de Mello e Souza children literature
• Adelmar Tavares poet
• Franklin Távora (1842–1888) novelist
• Miguel Torres de Andrade screenplay writer
• Fagundes Varela (1841–1875) poet
• Antônio Vieira (1608–1697) preacher, historian
• Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (1868–1916) short stories
• Austregésilo de Athayde journalist
• Fabrício Carpi Nejar poet
• Aristides Fraga Lima (1923 – c. 1996) children literature
• Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (1864–1934) novelist
• José do Patrocínio journalist
• Afrânio Peixoto (1876–1947) novelist
• Afonso Schmidt (1890–1964) journalist
• Paulo Setúbal (1893–1937) poet, novelist
• Narbal Fontes (1902–1960) - children's literature
• Eduardo Portella - critic
• Francisco de Sales Torres Homem (1822–1891)
• Ivan Ângelo (born 1936) novelist, journalist, short stories
• Paulo Fernando Craveiro (born 1934) romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist

See also

• List of Brazilian women writers
• List of Latin American writers
• List of Brazilians
• Brazilian literature